Weinstein Company: Tarantino Can ‘Speak for Himself’

Harvey Weinstein’s
studio has broken its silence over filmmaker Quentin
Tarantino’s anti-police statements, according to The Hollywood
Reporter.

Amid a growing nationwide boycott
of Tarantino’s upcoming film, a spokesperson for The Weinstein Companytold THR on Tuesday the studio would not
speak for Tarantino, adding he can “speak for himself,” in regards to the Oscar-winning
director’s description of police officers as “murderers.”

Addressing an anti-police rally in New York nearly two
weeks ago, Tarantino stood before a sign that read “Stop Police Terror.” He
then said, “When I see murders, I do not stand by… I have to call a murder a
murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers.”

The comments were made just days after Randolph Holder, a
33 year-old off-duty police officer, was murdered in East Harlem while pursuing an armed
suspect.

Tarantino’s comments initiated a boycott of his highly
anticipated upcoming western The Hateful Eight by nationwide law
enforcement agencies.

While Tarantino has refused to apologize, despite a condemnation of his
comments by his own father, TWC said in a press release:

The Weinstein Co. has a longstanding relationship and
friendship with Quentin and has a tremendous amount of respect for him as a
filmmaker… We don’t speak for Quentin, he can and should be allowed to speak
for himself.

Sources have been telling THR that company board
members are concerned over the boycott, which has now grown to more than
333,000 officers, and have been pressuring Harvey Weinstein to take action.

A defiant Tarantino toldThe Los Angeles
Timeson Tuesday, “I’m not
taking back what I said. What I said was the truth.”

Tarantino added:

What they’re doing is pretty obvious. Instead of dealing
with the incidents of police brutality that those people were bringing up,
instead of examining the problem of police brutality in this country, better
they single me out… their message is very clear. It’s to shut me down. It’s to
discredit me. It is to intimidate me. It is to shut my mouth, and even more
important than that, it is to send a message out to any other prominent person
that might feel the need to join that side of the argument.

Tarantino concluded by blaming “police mouthpieces” for the
controversy, adding, “I’m not a cop hater.”

Hollywood Reporter

Lynne
Segall was an associate publisher for the Hollywood Reporter, and a VP for the Los Angeles Times.

Note: David D. Hiller
was the publisher & president & CEO for the Los Angeles Times, a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.

Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP, and Harvey Weinstein arranged
for her to announce best picture at 2012 Oscars.

Harvey Weinstein
was married in 12/07 which Quentin
Tarantino attended, is a co-founder & co-chairman for the Weinstein Company, and a director at the
Robin Hood Foundation.

Emma
Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is Michael
R. Bloomberg’s daughter.

Michael R.
Bloomberg is Emma Bloomberg’s
father, the founder of Everytown for Gun
Safety, was a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Annise
Parker is an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety, and a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council.

William J. Bratton
is a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, the New York City
Police Department commissioner, was the Boston (MA) police commissioner, the Boston Metropolitan Police superintendent, and the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department
chief.

Kenneth Canterbury
is a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, and the president for the Fraternal Order of Police.

George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and Jonathan Soros’s father.

Jonathan
Soros was the vice chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, is the vice chairman for the Open Society Foundations, George
Soros’s son, and a director at the New
America Foundation.

Rosa
Brooks was a special counsel to the president for the Open Society Foundations, and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.

Joe
Mathews was a senior fellow at the New
America Foundation, and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times.

Walter Russell
Mead is a director at the New
America Foundation, an advisory board member for United Against Nuclear
Iran,and was a contributing
editor for the Los Angeles Times.

Frances
Fragos Townsend is an advisory board member for United Against Nuclear
Iran,and was a
member of the Homeland Security Advisory
Council.

William J. Bratton
is a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, the New York City
Police Department commissioner, was the Boston (MA) police commissioner, the Boston Metropolitan Police superintendent, and the Los Angeles (CA) Police Department
chief.

Kenneth
Canterbury is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and the president for the Fraternal Order of Police.

Annise
Parker is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.

Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, Emma Bloomberg’s
father, was a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, and a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone.

Emma
Bloomberg was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation, and is Michael
R. Bloomberg’s daughter.

Harvey Weinstein
is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation,
a co-founder & co-chairman for the Weinstein
Company, and was married in 12/07 which Quentin Tarantino attended.

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